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(Greetings from Belgium) Tech support: What the title says... I've recently had to expand my storage. I added in a 1TB WD Barracuda (Came from an old iMac, am using at my own risk. I know) and had an old 128 M.2 SATA SSD lying around. Since I have Zero budget left, I thought that maybe it'd be possible to use the SSD as a caching drive just like Intel Optane or AMD StoreMi, however StoreMi (Using an AMD system) didn't want to install and had not the most encouraging reviews. After some reserach I found an 'alternative' but that uses RAMdisks, not what I want. I barely have enough with 16GB. Right now I do not use the SSD and have simply set 120GB of page file on that SSD lmao So... what if I set the RAMdisk to that pagefile? Wouldn't that work? It's an SSD so it's still faster than the HDD. Why wouldn't it work? Before attempting this I have tried researching a bit, but the only results I found were "Pagefile in ramdisk", the opposite of what I was looking for. Is there anyone savy enough about this topic to help me out? I do not feel like finding out the hard way myself (Like I did with 2nd hand PSUs :))))) I did not want to use storage spaces, since it limits storage to 256GB (128GB from the SSD + 128 from the HDD) for some reason. I want the full 1TB to be used. Additional info: Windows 11, latest Ryzen 9 5950X non OC + NH-U12A 16GB PC4 3200MT/s GTX 780 3G Aorus B550 Elite v2 (rev1.2) -> CPU and MOBO appear compatible with storeMI, but does not work Thanks in advance. rode PS: Might be a stupid question and the answer might've been there all along, but let this be the answer to those lost with the same question as I have.

I'm curious if it is possible to achieve above nvme similar speeds on a ramdisk using Linux's ramfs file system moving and transferring files from one ramdisk to another? I have tried and I haven't got great results, and in some cases are worse than my nvme ssd. If possible what tweaks or suggestions to make it faster could I deploy?

Hello, I currently want to know how to boost my RamDisk speed on Linux. I picked Linux since it has two ram functions builtin to the operating system. TMPFS and RAMFS. I have used the ramfs filesystem a while back on ddr4-3200mhz ram, and although fast, I would say speeds were comparable to one being on an SSD. I was expecting atleast 17gbs a second since DDR4 3200MHZ has the capability to go to 25.6GB, but the number I got was somewhat low and unexpected. 1. Is it possible to achieve atleast half of the throughput for the ramdisk. I don't expect full performance but I do atleast expect it to compete with my nvme ssd. 2. What are some tips that I can do on Linux to achieve better throughput for data for the ramdisk. Your probably wondering why do I need a ramfs or ramdisk, it's because I just want to see speed and eye watering performance numbers if possible. I don't plan using it for important data.

I've run a couple quick benchmarks on some drives, but I'm not entirely sure how to interpret the results. In particular, I'm curious about the variation in relative speeds from test to test (frankly, I don't have a full understanding on what each benchmark is doing). I thought I may ask the hive mine for its thoughts. The drives tested: C: a 1TB PCIe 3.0x4 SSD D: a 4TB PCIe 3.0x8 SSD (truly a RAID0 PCIe x8 AIC) M: a 1TB PCIe 3.0x8 SSD (truly a RAID0 PCIe x8 AIC) R: a 32GB RAM disk I did two sets of benchmarks: Run all benchmarks for each drive, one drive at a time Run all benchmarks for all drives simultaneously The benchmarks themselves are the 4 test CrystalDiskMark defaults to when freshly installed. The point of the second test is to potentially trigger bottlenecks elsewhere, such as the CPU's I/O, memory or whatever. These are the results: Sequential: Parallel: Some results are boring (RAM > PCIe x8 > PCIe x4), but some made me wonder about the nature of the test and the determinants of drive performance, such as: The RAM disk is faster than the SSDS except the RND4K Q32T16 benchmark, where it turns to be the slowest reader. Most benchmark scores fall when running all drives simultaneously, but SEQ1M Q1T1 seems unaffected for the SSDs (the RAM disk still suffers) On the other hand, RND4K Q32T16 is unaffected for the RAM drive, while it's the test where the PCIe x8 SSd suffered the most from running simultaneously. For RNDK Q1T1, only being RAM helps, the other drives show no significant difference. So, what do you make of these? Are the numbers in line with what you'd expect? If so, what's the link between the changes in relative results and what each benchmark is exactly doing? Is there anything else that draws your attention?

I was checking the internet for gigabyte GC-ramdisk cards, and stumbled across this weird thing: https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/ram-disk-14375183788.html. it claims to be a solution just like the gigabyte card, but its really strange, like it can have up to 16 gbs, maybe ddr3 and its in a very stupid looking enclosure that is bigger than a 3.5 inch hard drive. Any thoughts on it? I think Linus should take a look at it

Hello guys, I'm having a huge reflexion about ram speed and ramdisks these days. I have build a new computer based on KabyLake 7700K and a Maximus IX Formula. When I came around the time to choose ram sticks I found GSkill Trident Z RGB (because RGB you know ) The IX Formula max RAM speed is 4133 (actually BIOS says also 4266 Mhz but let's not focus on this), so I considered the 4133 kit but it's not QVL listed. When I think about it, it's not bad to buy the fastest kit, because it's supposed to be "validated" at this speed and should be "better" than some lower kits. (Alright, kinda a personal preference here, I'm used to buy K processors even if I don't OC out of the box for this reason) My main idea was to buy 16gb at 4133 and expand it later to 32gb to play some games on a ramdisk (because why not, let's populate all banks and have fun right ?) but then I tought about recent games sizes. If I want to put MEA (or any else 40~gb game) on a ramdisk you gonna need some serious space. GSkill just released some 16gb trident Z RGB sticks but at 3600Mhz (which are QVL certified on my Formula this time) So right now I can't set my mind between those options. If you add timings to the mix (4133 is 19-19-19-39 while 3600 is 17-19-19-19) the 3600 kit will overclock with looser timings than the 4133 already has. I found some articles about 2133 vs 3600/4000 ram on fps increase in games (about 10% increase perf which I consider quite nice) but I can't find any informations about fps increase on ramdisk (only loading times). There should be something to find (if you consider texture loading problems in some bad PC ports that ramdisk should eliminate). So yeah, I don't know what to choose and I'm hoping to get some informations here. This might be badly expressed so if you don't understand what I'm saying I'll try to reformulate.

Hello I'll try to explain the scenario The Division went on sale over the weekend and I decided to buy it. While downloading it I thought I'd update my drivers as well so I fired up MSI Live Update. I'd always avoided installing RAMDisk because I didn't feel the need for it but that day I selected it for install anyway, along with the Gaming App and Smart Tool Having updated the programs I decided to go to sleep since The Division needed another 3 hours to download. When I woke up the PC was in the Sign-in screen which I assume was caused because of Windows Update restarting my computer outside "active hours" The Division was only half downloaded so I waited another hour for it to finish up and restarted the PC. While playing The Division my mouse and keyboard started showing anomalous behavior where when moving the mouse sometimes it wouldn't move as far as I moved it. It started annoying me but I thought it might be optimization issues cause I read that Division had problems with LED keyboards and Mouse So I thought of playing a game of Overwatch but even in there the mouse wasn't moving as far and sometimes keystrokes wouldn't register. Frustrated I restarted the PC again. It showed thew same problems. Restarted again. And voila the mouse and keyboard started working fine again. But another problem arose because - Why not? When you finish a game of Overwatch there's a Play of the Game clip, whenever I would be about to transition into that the game would freeze for 5-10 seconds. Same freezing happened when I exit the score screen to the Main Menu, and today when the Death cam shows up. I restarted the PC again. This time the Death cams worked fine but it froze again on PotG and Main Menu. Next game it started freezing on Death cam too. So I tried restarting the game alone. Wouldn't start. Not even after trying numerous solutions found on Google for the search "Overwatch won't launch" Restarted PC again Overwatch loads up and game starts. Now it starts freezing on almost any transition. Loading into a game, checking someone's profile and going back into the game, death, main menu, PotG, score screen... I'm tired of dealing with it now, is there anything that could be contributing towards these issues? I suspect it's RAMDisk but I cannot be sure. P.S - I've uninstalled RAMDisk, Smart Tool and the MSI Gaming App I'll include DxDiag in case it comes in handy EDIT - I've also tried fully uninstalling the Blizzard App and Overwatch and downloading it fresh. Still doesn't help. -Joserin DxDiag.txt

I'm setting up a RamDisk and I'm disabling the Write Caching Policy on my SSD (Device Manager>Disk Drive>Policies Tab). Should I disable it on the HDD as well? Thanks in advance.

Hi Brains trust, I am in the process of planning a new system and I have been looking at how much RAM to get. The main uses for the system is photo and video editing using Photoshop and Premier Pro (and the occasional run of Civ V/VI or Deus Ex (HR and MD). I recall seeing a one of Linus' videos were it seemed to indicate that there was little benefit of having more than 32GB of RAM for these programs. Now the boards that I am looking at will support upto 64GB or 128GB of RAM and I was orignially planning on maxing out which ever board I got. But since seeing the video I am thinking that 32 should be enough. Not long after I saw another video about a RAM disk and that got me thinking of if there would be any benefit to going the full 64 or 128GB of RAM, using 32 as RAM and then using the rest as the scratch disks for Photoshop and Premier. So the quesions are; Would running 32GB of RAM with a 32GB (or more) Scratch RAMDisk be of any benefit? Would I be best just sticking with the 32GB since that seems to be the sweet spot for performance in the Adobe suite? Or should I just max out the board and just leave it as RAM?

What's the best RAM disk software I could use for testing? I need something simple and easy that will not tear up my PC because I have tried this before on an older PC and it started behaving weirdly.

Hello! I have 32gb of ram, so technically i can now put games up to 24gb in a ramdisk, but to my displeasure, it only makes loadscreens maybe 2-4 seconds faster than on an ssd, but the loadscreens are still there for ~5seconds. So what else is bottlenecking my game load times? Does it really take that long to load the info from ram to Vram? It is not an serious question, but more out of curiosity. The game i tested today was the Bioshock Remastered.

As a bit of a fanatic of preserving my SSD, I am well aware of the benefits of RamDisks since I used one to store all my temporary (Temp folder) files. But after having used BleachBit for a while, I know there is a lot more in Windows I could clean on a regular which I believe ought to be stored in a RamDrive too such as the Prefetch cache, MUICache, Logs, Memory Dump, Recycle Bin and more. There has to be a way to move these folders into a RamDrive just like the Temp folder, right?

I've had an idea. I have 32gb (4x8) of ram meaning I don't really need a page file, but if I disable my page file some old (and broken) applications will either fail to run or have very poor performance. So what if I set a ramdisk to allocate my pagefile directly to my ram? This way my pagefile will have the same performance as my actual ram, instead of running off of slower storage! Will this work and could this cause any issues if I go ahead with it?

I rely on ImDIsk, which I am lead to believe is the best for creating Windows RamDisks. https://sourceforge.net/projects/imdisk-toolkit/ While it works perfectly fine, even for temporary files, I have found out, in my experience, a little issue when I relocate my Windows temp and tmp folders to my RamDisk. Specifically, when I need to update apps by downloading their newest versions and opening their .exe files manually, they would not work. That only applies for very few of them which I rely on but I'm fairly sure it has something to do with how I relocated the temp and tmp folders because they worked fine when they're at their default places until I move them. I'm sorry I can't be any more descriptive than that or show for it. But I wonder if anyone has had a similar issue before.

Budget (including currency): Variable, Probably $4,000+ Country: Central USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CAD, Photo Processing, Games - WOW, ARK, Metro, CSGO, Minectraft, Etc... , & home media server Other details : Build in Progress July 2020 ASUS ROG Strix X299-E Gaming II LGA 2066 Intel X299 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i9-10900X Cascade Lake 10-Core 3.7 GHz LGA 2066 (Already Purchased) (OC is definitely happening) ASUS ROG Ryujin 360 RGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler 360mm Radiator (Three 120mm 4-pin Noctua iPPC PWM Fans) with LIVEDASH OLED Panel and FanXpert Controls (Using stock Fans) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 128GB (8 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Intel X299 Desktop Memory Model (Might splurge for 256GB if I do a RAMdisk) Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD (Already Purchassed) (Boot Drive) ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2 Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Upto 128 Gbps for Intel VROC and AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe Raid (NOT using for Bootable RAID) (4) Seagate 4TB Enterprise Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 128MB 3.5" (For ASUS Hyper M.2 card) (Plan is to run them in RAID-0) Seagate 4TB Enterprise Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 128MB 3.5" ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 Super Overclocked 8G EVO GDDR6 Dual-Fan Edition HDMI DisplayPort Gaming Graphics Card RAIDMAX Cobra Series RX-1200AE-B 1200W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Semi-Modular Power Supply ASUS AURA SYNC 5V 3-pin RGB 10 Hub Splitter w/ PMMA Case (Already Purchased) LG Black 16X with Cyberlink Software BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner (Already Purchased) (Used for Movies and Long-term Storage) SAMSUNG C43J890 43" 3840 x 1200 Double FHD 5ms (GTG) 120Hz HDMI DisplayPort USB Type-C 32:10 Curved Super Ultra-Wide Monitor Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - Full Retail Version (USB Flash Drive) Wavlink ST334U-Red Updated Hard Drive Docking Station - USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay HDD Docking Station in Red for 2.5" & 3.5" HDD/SSD SATA I/II/III - Support Offline Clone / Duplicator / Backup / UASP Functions (for drive duplication and easy removable drive access) PC case will be a custom wooden vertical open-air design (See diagrams) (Still being refined ATM) EZDIY-FAB 2-Port USB3.0 Type A and USB3.1 Type C GEN 2-5.25 inch Front Panel USB Hub with 20 pin Connector- 73 cm Cable, Metal Front Panel USB Hub (Already Purchased) (For Front USB 3.1c) ICY BOX Multicard ib-863 a-b Drive 5.25 "Black (Already Purchased) (For Front Audio, eSATA, & Card Reader) Extended Computer Magnetic 5V 3 Pin PC LED Strip - 2 PCS RGB PC LED Strip Light for ASUS Aura SYNC/MSI Mystic Sync/ASROCK Aura RGB/GIGABYTE RGB Fusion (5V 3 Pin addressable LED headers ONLY) (Already Purchased) (For under case lighting effect) (2) anidees AI Aureola Duo 80mm 3pcs RGB PWM Dual Light Loop Fan Compatible with 5V 3pins addressable RGB Header, for PC case Fan, Cooler Fan, w/Remote(AI-AR-DUO8) (Already Purchased) (For Side lighting Effects) CORSAIR - Gaming K70 RGB MK.2 RAPIDFIRE Mechanical Wired CHERRY MX Speed Switch Keyboard with RGB Back Lighting – Black (Already Purchased) NO im not a huge RGB fan. But I am using them for a specific effect in this build Case Diagrams: Woodie.PDF Current System Built in May of 2013 ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 6-Core 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 (Overclocked to 4.1GHz) CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (Push & Pull fan Configuration) G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) Quad Channel Memory G.SKILL FTB-3500C5-D Fans (Because they look COOL) Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" (Mechanical Storage) EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW+ 4GB 256Bit (Already using NEW EVGA RTX 2070super that will go in new system) LG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA (Used for Permanent Storage and movie watching) COUGAR Solution Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (Heavily moded in Steampunk theme) (1) HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (No longer used) (2) Kingston KC600 2.5" 512GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Boot and Programs disks) Thermaltake SP-1000M 1000W ATX 12V 2.3 & EPS 12V 2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 64-Bit (Full Version) – UPGRADED to Windows 10 Samsung - UE590 Series 28" LED 4K UHD Monitor - Black CORSAIR - Gaming K70 RGB MK.2 RAPIDFIRE Mechanical Wired CHERRY MX Speed Switch Keyboard with RGB Back Lighting – Black (recent upgrade to go with new system) Pictures: ( See Attached ) Questions: (1) Can you set up the RAMdisk to be stored to the Nvme RAID on the Hyper M.s card with 4 drives in RAID-0? ( yes i know its a crazy idea ) ( I also know that nothing will need that much speed ) reason for doing so is so that i can get the best speed from the RAMdrive without being slowed down by access to the data on the Nvme RAID. This should "theoretically" allow the startup and shutdown times of the RAMdrive to be faster by taking advantage of the 4 Nvme M.2s in RAID-0 on the Hyper M.2 card. This is just something that came to me and sounded too good to be true. Thought i would run it by the forum to see what others think. My plan at the moment is to use the 1TB Sabrent Rocket M.2 as my boot / OS drive. The Hyper M.2 Raid will be my Application / Game drive. The Seagate 4TB Mechanical drive will be for data storage and stuff i don't want to risk on the RAID-0. (2) Any recommendations or problems you might see with this build? (3) Should i go with 2 LARGER 4K Monitors ( 34" maybe ) One primary screen and one for "other" open applications instead of the 43" Ultrawide Monitor? That would allow me to work in both CAD and Photo programs in 4K instead of the lower resolution of the Ultrawide. The downside is that it would take up more desk space (which i am ok with) but would allow me to game in 4k. The Ultrawide would be better for gaming and use up less desk space. (4) I am open to changing out the motherboard, but want to stay with ASUS as i have planned to use AuraSync to controll the LED lighting. (no i dont want rainbow puke) but i do like accent lighting.

Hello to all, As I was looking through the amazing place of Amazon I cam across this: Gigabyte GC-RAMDISK i-RAM 4 GB Hard Drive by Gigabyte Link: http://a.co/3QGcZl5 I think it would work to. This would also help as you could restart without worrying about data loss. Not good for a boot drive but a interesting proposition to say the least. What do you think? - wiredbrother

Is there a ramdisk os that saves to a file on a HDD/SSD on shutdown and loaded the file back in ram on startup from the HDD/SSD, no i don't want to use softperfect RAM disk or something similar. i got a server with 112GB ram and i'm not useing all of it and it would be nice to have something like this.

Sooooo, as the tittle says i want to record some game footage. My dilema: i got 32gb 2400Mhz of RAM. I want to record at least 1080p at 60 fps if not 1440p at 60fps. Would 16gb RAM disk be fast enough compared to the m.2 NWM samsung pro? If i got for the RAM disk i would have to pay only like 10$ for the software or even nothing and the m.2 nwm samsung 950 pro ssd i would get at least 512 gb and install my OS there and thats 250$ ( yeah i can get it for that) . Will the quality of the recording be on both of the options same? (Only recording, editing i can do on my HDD and small SSD(that is almost full, thats why i dont want to record on it)) Check the signature for my build (another 290x will be added, so 290x CF)

Hi there, I was wondering about Samsung Magician. I'm currently using Rapid Mode at home on my Samsung 850 PRO and I was getting curious whether other SSDs could do the same. I know of the existence of Ramdisks but are they practically the same thing (Magician and Ramdisk). If so, is there a program that makes a ramdisk that's superior to others? Is there a program that makes it similar to Samsung's Magician program? I'm asking because my work laptop feels a little slow and I know there's a SSD inside. If viable, I will be asking the IT department for permission to install a ramdisk. Thanks! The laptop i'm using at work is Dell Latitude 7370.

Here are the benchmark results for a Ramdisk Plus 10gb (Yes, 10 GIGABTYE ramdisk) For some Comparison, Here is my 120gb 850 Evo Just thought this was really cool. What do you guys think?

My dad just bought me 16GB (2x8GB) of HyperX DDR3. (It was on sale for $45.99) Now I'm going to be using it for Chrome and FireFox cache and I'm wondering how big it should be. I thought 128MB would be big enough but I want to be sure. I only shut my computer off 2-3 times a day and I browse a lot. Is 128MB too big or too small?

HI All I have just created a 70GB RAMDisk (10GB for windows) , for the purpose of Playing GTA online , without waiting an age for it to load. i copied GTA5 from the C Drive to the RAMdisk (uninstalled and reinstalled). When i load GTA from my SSD it take around 3m15s , when i load GTA from my RAMdisk , it take 3m19s (within margin of error), the Rockstar Social Club Load instantly from the RAMDisk and a few seconds from the SSD. i have had both Task manager and MSI afterburner opened when GTA loads and no drives, CPU or GPU hit 100%, and with Paging off and on. Can anyone Point me in the right direction in order to find the bottle neck in my system?

so i have a ramdisk using softperfect, i have 24gb of ram with another 24 on the way will be here soon. right now i am using only 4gb for the disk but will probably allocate another 4gb total 8gb. i have TEMP and TMP folders as well as the chrome cache in there, it helps greatly with popcorntime and is surely saving my SSD's limited number of write cycles....question is since i am using it anyways, what other uses can i get out of this with the understanding that the system is volatile so, in other words, what else can i feed through there that likely wont matter to me if i lose it? i dont want to be installing programs to it and i dont intend to save the disk contents to an image. any suggestions on speeding this thing up? general purpose workstation and gaming rig as well as media center mostly used for gaming but occasional autocad ptc creo and similar programs and occasional VM's running different flavors of linux.

So I've had an idea. I can fit another 128GB of RAM in my server with my current config. I have been wanting to buy a very high speed PCI based SSD (2+GB/s read) , a 120GB size. I would then make this 128GB of extra RAM a RAMdisk and copy my entire PCI SSD (that has all my servers) onto the RAMdisk, and then have my 74GB of current RAM left over for actually running the servers. Theoretically, when I boot my PC, everything that runs would be very quickly transferred straight into a RAMdisk. As far as storage goes you couldn't go much faster than that. Is it practical? If it worked it certainly would be awesome if only for being super cool and unique.

I just had a thought on using a RAMdisk in a NAS. Would i be possible? I am thinking of 128GB+ for the RAMdisk and a HDD for a copy of the RAMdisk. How fast would the network need to be for this to be useful? 10Gb ethernet?